Category Archives: Commentary

Mark

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   THE GOSPEL OF MARK    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16   O U T L I N E – Ministry in Galilee: Teaching the Disciples By Example Mark 1 – 6 – Preparation and Early Ministry Mark 1 – Second Visit to […]

Philippians 3

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Christ Our Object: Joy is a Result of Having Christ as Our Object Philippians 3   Philippians 3. In the previous chapter we had the danger of strife warned of. Christ was set before us as our pattern in humility, and this as the secret to unity among believers. Now in ch.3, the apostle […]

2 Peter 3

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Scoffers and Materialism 2 Peter 3   2 Peter 3. In the final chapter Peter addresses the second of two evils. Having covered the false teachers in ch.2, he now deals with the materialistic and skeptical world around, characterized by denying the return of the Lord in judgment, an influence which can impact […]

Judges 12:8-15

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Judgeships of Ibzan, Elon, Abdon Judges 12:8-15   Judges 12:8-15. In this passage we have three more judges of Israel raised up by God: one came from the tribe of Judah, another from Zebulon, and the third from Ephraim. Its doesn’t appear that these judges delivered Israel from any great threat. Rather, they lived […]

Acts 7

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Stephen: Completion of the Testimony to the Nation Acts 7   Acts 7. In this fascinating chapter we have the record of the Spirit of God as to the final witness to the nation of Israel before the door of pardon was closed. Up to this time the preaching of Peter had this […]

Acts 21:18-40

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Paul the Prisoner Acts 21:18 – 28:31   Acts 21:18 – 28:31. In the final section of the book of Acts, we have a history of Paul as a prisoner. The leading proponent of the glad tidings was now in chains, not free to go forth and preach the gospel. This section covers […]

Psalm 18

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 18 Christ in Association with Israel from Egypt to the Millennium   Psalm 18. In this Psalm, which is a Psalm of David, we have Jehovah’s deliverance of Christ in association with Israel from all their enemies. It covers the whole history of the nation, but does not detail the failure and […]

Psalm 34

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 34 Redeemed Israel Celebrates the Deliverance of Christ   Psalm 34. This is a Psalm of David, and the inspired heading of Psalm tells us it was composed “when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed” (1 Sam. 21:13). It was a very dark time in David’s […]

Psalm 50

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 50 Israel Summoned to be Judged   Psalm 50. The preceding Psalms were written by the sons of Korah, but now we get a Psalm of Asaph. Asaph was a singer and leader of the temple choir in the time of David, along with Heman and Ethan (1 Chron. 15:19), and he […]

Psalm 66

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 66 Israel Calls on the Nations to Bless Their God   Psalm 66. This Psalm is not officially credited to David, but perhaps it was written by him. Notice that Psalms 66 – 68 are all titled, “A Song: a Psalm”, and Psalm 68 is accredited to David. In this Psalm we […]

Psalm 82

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 82 The Failure of Israel’s Judges, and the Call for God to Judge the Earth   Psalm 82. In this Psalm of Asaph, we have God judging in the assembly of Israel, examining those He set up to judge His people. The review shows that, while the judges were invested with the […]

Psalm 98

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 98 Israel Celebrating the Return of Christ   Psalm 98. In Psalm 97 we have the appearing of Christ, and in this Psalm we have the results of it. Israel is called on to sing a new song in celebration of the results of the return of Christ. The praise begins in […]

Psalm 114

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 114 The Past and Present Deliverance of Israel by Jehovah   Psalm 114. In this orphan Psalm we have a review of Jehovah’s deliverance of Israel from Egypt, and this is followed by a call for present deliverance by the same Jehovah. Prophetically, this Psalm speaks of the regathering of Israel from […]

Psalm 130

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 130 Israel Confident in Jehovah’s Mercy and Forgiveness   Psalm 130. This is a Psalm of repentance: Israel (the ten tribes especially) repenting and finding forgiveness. This answers to the Day of Atonement in Leviticus 23.   PSALM 130 A Song of degrees. 1 Out of the depths do I call upon […]

Psalm 146

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Psalm 146 Israel Praises Jehovah as Creator and Sustainer of All, and Israel’s Great Deliverer   Psalm 146. The last five Psalms are called the “Great Hallel”, and they give us the crescendo of praise to Jehovah from restored Israel in the Millennium. All of them are double-Hallelujah Psalms. These are also orphan […]

1 Samuel 16

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   David God’s Chosen Man: Persecuted by Saul 1 Samuel 16 – 31     The Annointing of David: A Contrast with Saul 1 Samuel 16     CHAPTER 16 1 And Jehovah said to Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thy […]

Ephesians 3

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Parenthesis: The Mystery – Jew and Gentile in One Body Ephesians 3   The Ephesians 3 parenthesis. We can see that Eph. 3:1 and Eph. 4:1 start out very similarly. This strengthens the fact that Eph. 3:2-21 is a parenthesis! The purpose of ch.3 is to explain the apparent contradiction between the Old Testament promises and […]

Romans 4

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Justification Through Faith Alone Romans 4   Romans 4. Paul presents Old Testament examples which bolster the truth of the previous chapter, namely that we are justified through faith. In ch.3 we see the blood of Christ (Rom. 3:25) to satisfy God as to the question of our sins. In ch.4 we see the resurrection of Christ to […]

Romans 15:14-33

Bk Sec Outline Sec Bk   Conclusion: Summary of Paul’s Ministry and Travel Plans Romans 15:14-33     ContentsWhy Paul had Written: His Ministry to the Gentiles (15:14-21)Why Paul Had Not Yet Visited Rome and His Future Plans (15:22-29)Paul’s Prayer Requests and His Personal Prayer for the Romans (15:30-33) Why Paul had Written: His Ministry to the Gentiles (15:14-21) […]